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Anything can happen, and usually does, in college football, so pronouncing any team’s roster for the upcoming season finalized and a done deal is almost always a fool’s errand.
Even predicting a depth chart some eight months before the season starts is a stretch in this day and age of the transfer portal and NIL enticements. Massive roster turnover has become the norm.
Another transfer portal window for college football opens on April 16 and closes on April 25, so for the BYU Cougars, who usually wrap up spring practices in late March or early April, there will be more departures once camp ends and players learn they aren’t part of the program’s future pla
ns.given an extra year if one of their years was in the junior college ranks, have the option to return thanks to the ruling in the case involving Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia. That group includes some of the best players on the BYU roster in 2024 — offensive lineman Caleb Etienne, receiver Darius Lassiter and running back Hinckley Ropati. Also eligible are cornerback Mory Bamba and tight end Ray Paulo.
Lassiter, Etienne and Bamba all said at the Alamo Bowl that they were weighing their options.
Bottom line is the 2025 roster could look a lot like the 2024 roster, which should make expectations soar the next eight months unlike anything BYU fans have seen in several year
s.
given an extra year if one of their years was in the junior college ranks, have the option to return thanks to the ruling in the case involving Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia. That group includes some of the best players on the BYU roster in 2024 — offensive lineman Caleb Etienne, receiver Darius Lassiter and running back Hinckley Ropati. Also eligible are cornerback Mory Bamba and tight end Ray Paulo.
Lassiter, Etienne and Bamba all said at the Alamo Bowl that they were weighing their options.
Bottom line is the 2025 roster could look a lot like the 2024 roster, which should make expectations soar the next eight months unlike anything BYU fans have seen in several year
s.
